Improvement in plows



.1.3. FERGUSON & s.M.\x/H|TE.

112234 f A Hawf. @TENT-En FEB281871 UNITED STATES JOHN II. IEuGUsON AND SAMUEL M WHITE, OF BIG LIOK, VIRGINIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLows.

Sperilicnlion l`n1-|nin; \;p:\rt of Letters Puteut No. l 12,234, dated February 2S, 1871.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN B. FEuGUsoN'- l lock the plow,` rendering il: impossible l'Or the plow lo come apart.

In order lo enubleothcrs skilled in the art' to whichl our in vcntion uppertnins to umke und. y

use the same, we. will now proceed to describe 1 '-cnd, secured under the edge ofthe notched its construction und operation, referring to the annexed drnu'ix'igs, in u'hie'n- L Figure l. is u, perspective vieu of our plou', tzilien from the landside; und Fig. 12 is :In enlarged inside view ol' the landside of the plow.A

A. represents the plow-benin; D B, the hundles; @,ihe mold-hoard; 1)',ihe lnndsidegind the plow-point. E is the share, secured in its proper place to the mold-hoard C.

Theplow-point G consists of u simight bar,

made of either wrought or cnstiron. The ends of this bar lare shaped in the proper form for a plow-pont, so that either end may he turned' infront. Upon the left side of either pointis a. notch, a., against which the front end of the sition. The landside Dis cut out, as shown in Fig. 1, for the point at the roerend to lit into, the whole point being secured by means of a bolt, b, passing through it upward and through :In enr, (1,011 therinnerside of the landside.

This reversible plow-point G also acts, when the parts are properly adjusted, us strong and complete lock, by which itis impossible for the plow to come apart, as is often the case with other good plows, unless some of the parts nre broken.

"e do not Wish to be understood as broadly claiming a reversible plow-point.

Vhat we claim is- .The within-described reversible point G, provided with a shoulder and notch near its vlnndside D by means of the car (l and bolt b,

` :und use-d in combination with the. mold-boord C and share E, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing we .have hereunto set our hands this 3d doy o't' June, 1870. O

' JOHN E. FERGUSON. y SAMUEL M. WHITE. -Witnessesz I `v I SLAUGHTER L.'SPENOER, FRANCIS A. SMITH.

share E bears when the point is placed in po- 

